Tuesday May 30

Wow. Just wow.

So many things conspired against us today. But at least we got done what we needed to get done.

We wrote the Ontario Comprehension Assessment, part 2 today. It's going to help us get ready for next year and the OSSLT.

I also extended the deadline for the Malcolm X webquest on the D2L system by a day.

There is always more Malcolm X.

Friday and Monday May 29

We've been working on the Webquest for Malcolm X these days.

I did let everyone know that if I'm away, or the door is locked, someone should go to the VP's office to let them know that something is up.

In any case, the Dropbox for the Webquest will close today.

Thursday May 25

This was the first day ... first official day of the Blended Learning Unit on Malcolm X, the graphic novel.

I put up a webquest and asked that students watch at least one video and comment on it.

There was a total of three questions to answer before moving on to the first question set for this unit. We'll get to them tomorrow as well.

Onwards!

Wednesday May 24

Last day of Culminating Activity.... ahhhh

Done. Done. and Done.

On to our next unit!

Tuesday May 23

We are almost done the CA

Tomorrow is the last day!

Thursday May 18

Today is Day 4 of the Culminating Activity

No work should leave the portable.

Don't forget to complete Appendix A before you leave - it will be with the rest of your material that the teacher will hand out and collect at the end of the period.

If you are "Done", go back and complete any material you missed from the Blended Learning Unit.

Wed May 17

This was officially Day 3 of the CA.

Woo !

Tuesday May 16

We finally finished off the film Coach Carter today - whew! man, that film seemed to go on and on!

We finished up Appendix B and C together, just to make sure everyone had something in those boxes, as I handed out the Newspaper Article assignment -I believe is Appendix D.

I'm sure a student will remind me ...

In any case, we did some work together, reminding ourselves about writing articles that we've done in previous units.

We also took a good look at reflecting on what we are doing in class with a bit of a checklist on Appendix A.

In any case, I do have the due dates for the Culminating, I'll post them tomorrow.

Onwards!

Monday May 15

We worked our way through to very near the end of the Coach Carter film today.

We also took notes on the film and made sure we understood what was happening through discussion and note taking.

And note taking.

On to tomorrow!

Thursday and Friday May 12

We continued our efforts to watch the film Coach Carter. We have about an hour left in the film. We worked a little on our rough notes, too.

Tuesday and Wednesday May 10

We did the last bit of the BLU today - responding to the "BLU Wrap Up" email.

I'm still not quite getting why this is difficult, but I have to move along to the next thing.

The next thing, as repeatedly announced in class, is the Culminating Activity for the course.

We started it by watching a very poorly lit/projected version on Netflix.

Meh, I will get a better projector tomorrow. Pinky swear.

What we saw in class today, sadly.

Monday May 8

Class today

This was our class today - stuck in the 1900's ... the EARLY 1900's. I'm going to break out the chalk and horses soon.

Seriously, we worked on the BLU for the course. I'm hoping that things will go better tomorrow, which is our last day for the Blended Learning Unit.

Keep on eLearning!

Friday May 5th

We continued work on the BLU - the Blended Learning Unit.

I did work with two or three people today on the various tasks. I got one young person almost all the way through the unit in one 75 minute period.

I still have three people not yet logged in. I have more than a few without even the first assignment completed.

We will continue this on Monday - my students can, of course, keep working on the unit over the weekend.

;)


via GIPHY

Thursday May 4

So we continued work on the Blended Learning Unit (BLU) today.

There are still a few that haven't been able to log in yet. We'll have to catch up in the next few days.

Speaking of which, I had to set a deadline for this unit of Tuesday, May 9th. We should be done the postings and submissions by then, please.

Tuesday and Wednesday May 3

So, I thought I had a post yesterday. I'm guessing the technology gremlins ate it.

We'll keep going

Today was a short class, as today we followed the Mass Schedule.

We worked on our Blended Learning Unit ... our "BLU" for short.

I tried to get people logged in and working on the D2L Brightspace Learning Management System, there are a few out there that just can't seem to get in.

Others, of course, are way ahead.

It's all good.

Monday May 1

That ... was a very quick April.

And now onto May - one of my favourite months, to be frank.

We are just finishing up the unit on Eye of the Dragon. The next unit we are going to be working on is going to be online/blended.

I'm going to go with more of a blended way of teaching this unit, as a fully online unit wouldn't be in the best interests of my students. So, what I'm aiming to do is get my students started in online learning. A short video to get them going is here.